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2 Sheets-Sheet l. P` E. ADAMS, J1. 8v O. T. X. ADAMS. APPARATUS PGR USE IN DEGOMPGSING METALLIC SALPS AND Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

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DESULPHURZING DRES. No. 399,115

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P. H. ADAMS,J1.& O.l T. X. ADAMS. Y APPARATUS POR USB 1N DBGOMPosmGMBTALLm SALTS AND DESULPHKmznmi VII 1 V ul Hummm ull Fmm

United tes, residing' at Chicago, lllinois, its upper portion to have a suit' lent lateral 55 have invented certain neu and useful Iml play to acemnmodate it to the vibration ol' pror'ements in Apparatus i'or l'sc in Deeoni- 1 the receiving-vessel when rotating' at a higl'i posing Metallic. Salts and .Desulplnirizing f; speed. The lowel poi-tion oli' the actuating'- Ores, oi which the following a sl'xeciiication. shaftpasses down th rough ,journal-boxes titl 'llie object ot`- our invention is to improve and pii'elcrably enters a step, which serres 6o 1o an apparatus for mechanically decomposing to support thc :shaft and its superimposed chemical compounds, metallic salts, and deload, and to maintain its lower end in its sulphuriziir;r ores or thci r resulting' material, proper vertical position; but asto this means when the substances treated are in a molten l ol" supporting;- the shaft we desire to say that condition, by the action ol' centrifugal torce; Vit may be varied nt pleasure or wholly dit'fer- 65 i5 and our invention has more particular referont means employed in its place.

ence to the running-gear portions employed g As to the journal-boxes C C', we desire to on such apparatus and the means tor drivingl say that changes and niodilications may be the same. made in their arrangement, their number, and In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical secV j the general. details of their construction. The 7o zo `tion of the apparatus with the lower portion actuating-Shaft which We prefer lo make, as taken in line 2 2 of Fig. 2,showing-most of the above described, is composed ol two partsrunninggear in elevation; and Fig. 2 is a a tiexible or laterally-Vibratable upper porplan view taken in the line l l, of Fig'. l. tion and a rigidly jonrnaled lower portion.

In making` our improved apparatus for del To assist in supporting the flexible upper p0r- 75 composing chemical compounds, metallic tion of the shaftin its proper Verticalposition salts, or salts of metal, and desulphurizing a lateraiiy-yieldable journal or box, X, may ores, We make a receiving-vessel, V, adapted be employed, as shown in Fig. i. to receive the substance to be treated when To rotate the actuating-shaft with its superin a molten condition. This receiving-vessel imposed loathwe employ whatwe terma poW- 8o 3o is mounted and rests upon an actuatingehaft, er-shaft, Dnvhich is connected with the power A, to which it is 'fixed or keyed in such a way of the Works and caused to rotate. This that by the rotation of the shaft the receivpower-shaft is provided with a pulley or beltv ing-vessel will be revolved. The receivingsurface, E, which rotates with it, and which vessel may be made in such Way as will seis connected. by belts with pulleys or belt sur- 85 cure the required strength and reduce the faces e on counter-shafts l?, or, it desired, it

conduction of heat from the interior tio the may be connected directly with the actuatexterior. lt may be surrounded by a ourbing-shaft and the belts connecting ituiith the ing and have a removable bottom to facilitate countenshafts dispensed with, or it maybe the removal of the material not thrown off at connected with but one of the counter-shafts 9o 4o the top by the action of centrifugal force; i'and so rotate the actuating-shaft. These and in other respects it may be made as will counter-shafts are preferably three in numbe calculated to subserve the end in View and ber and preferably occupy a vertical position permit of its being,` rotated at a high rate of supported in journals in a suitable framespeed for the separation of particles of di'er- Work, G. They are intended to be also each 95 ent degrees ol' density in the matter treated. provided with a pulley or belt surface, f, and

All of these parts and the details of their conto be located in suoli relations to the actuatstruetion, as they do not form the subjeeting-shaft as that the strain caused bythe matter of our present claims, need not be belts connecting' their pulleys or belt surfaces more fully described, as they will be suffif with the pulleys or belt surfaces H on the roo 5o oiently understood from an inspection of the actuating-shaft. shall largely counteract or balance the lateral strain produced by each UNrrnn @rares PATENT @prient llllN LAS ll. ADAMS, JR., AD ORSMAS T. ADAMS, OF ClllCtH'), llQlOIS, ASSIGORS TO MEINDA lEtK. Ol" SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR USE IN DECOMPOSlNG METALLIC SALTS AND DESULPHURIZING GRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentrNo. 399,115, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed December l0, 1888. Serial No. 293.192. No model.)

To @ZZ whom 'it may I0/warm Y Be it known that we, PHINEAs ll. ADAMS, Jr., and Onsniuixs T. X. Anims, citizens of the drawings.

` tate the receiving-vessel, is preferably pio vided with ay joint or coupling'. l. to enable other. By this means we are able to rotate the actuating-shaft with its superimposed load without theQgreat strain to one side which is produced by the tension of a belt drawing in but one direction, as in the ordinary way, and whiclrwould'greatly' impair the operativeness or practical characterof an apparatus subjected to the great strain caused by the rotation of the actuating-shaft, under a very heavy load and at a very great speed. As shown in Fig. 2, these countei.'sl1afts are located at what would form the apexes of an cqniangular triangle, although we do not desire to limit ourselves to this location nor to this number of counter-shafts and connecting-belts, as it is obvious that a different number can be employed and different locations adopted, and yet secure the counteracting or balancing desired. For instance, very benecial results could be secured where but two shafts on opposite sides of the actuating-shaft are employed, and the power shaft, in addition to affording means for rotating the actuating-shaft, may also perform the functions of a counter-shaft. In this way the lateral friction between the actuating shaft and the journal-boxes supporting it in a vertical position is reduced or obviated, so that extreme or injurious lateral friction is avoided.

In Fig. 2 we have shown adjustable beltsupports or tighteners, preferably pivoted, with one end provided with wheels WV bearing against the belts, and the other end connected to weights K by a cord or other means, so as to bring the wheels against the belts with sufficient pressure to secure the proper tension. These belt-tighteners are separate from each other and severally act on the respective belts so that any particular belt may have its tension regulated to increase or decrease its drawing lateral strain on the actuating-shaft by increasing or decreasing the Weights, and thereby enable the tension of the several belts to be so equalized as to hold the actuating-shaft in that position which will secure the least amount of lateral friction between it and the journal-boxes intended to maintain it in a vertical position.

In the claims we shall, for convenience, speak of counter-shafts; but in the use of these words in the plural number we mean to include any arrangement that employs one or more counter-shafts, or, in other words, any arrangements in which there are belts connecting' the actuating-shaft with other shafts, including the power-shaft as one, and drawing against the actuating-shaft from different directions. And when we speak in the claims of belts we mean to include cables, sprocketchains, or similar means for transmitting power from one shaft to another.

That we regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In an apparatus for decomposing metallic salts or salts of metals and desulphurizing ores when in a molten state, the combination of a revoluble receiving-vessel adapted to receive molten material to be treated, a revoluble actuating-shaft carrying said vessel and its superimposed load and rotating them as it revolves, one or more counter-shafts with belts drawing against the actuating-shaft from different lateral directions and maintaining it in a vertical position whilecarrying and rotating the receiving-vessel and its superimposed load, and means for rotating one or m ore of said shafts, whereby all are rotated, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus for decomposing metal-l lic salts or salts of metals and desulphurizing ores when in a molten state, the combination of a revoluble receiving-vessel adapted to receive molten material to be treated, a revoluble actuating-shaft carrying said vessel and its superimposed load and rotating them as it revolves, one or more counter-shafts, with belts drawing against the actuating-shaft from different lateral directions and maintaining it in a vert-ical position while carrying and rotating the receiving-vessel and its superimposed load, means for severally tightening and maintaining the tension of the c onnecting-belts, and means for rotating one or more of said shafts, whereby all are rotated, substantially as described.

PHINEASA H. ADAlWIS, JR. ORSEMAS T. X. ADAMS. Vitnesses:

EPHRAIM BANNING, H. A. FARNHAM. 

